WARRENTY DEED. WILL COUNTY FORM – This Indenture, made this First day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty = Four Between John Wardle Martha P. Wardle his wife and Sarah Wardle all of Lockport County of Will and State of Illinois and Joseph Wardle of Freeport, Whiteside county State aforesaid of the first part, and William South of Adrian Senawee County State of Michigan of the second part: Wittnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Seventy five dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge, ha Granted, Bargained and Sold, heirs and assigns, all the following described lot, piece, or parcel of land, situate in the Village of Lockport in the County of Will and State of Illinois, to= wit: Lot number Nine (9) in Block number One hundred and forty nine (149) in the Village of Lockport County of Will and State of Illinois. TOGETHER with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof; and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, of the said party of the first part, either in Law or Equity, of in and to the above bargained premises, with the hereditaments and appurtenances; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said premises above bargained and described, with the appurtences, unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns, all right, title, claim, interest and benefit whatever, in and to the above described premises, and each and ever part thereof, which is given by or results from all laws of this State pertaining to the exemption of homesteads. And the said John Wardle and Martha P. Wardle his wife and Sarah Wardle and Joseph Wardle parties of the first part, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, grant, bargain and agree, to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, that at the time of the ensealing and delivery of these presents they are well seized of the premises above conveyed as a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in law, in fee simple and have good right, full power and lawful authority to grain, bargain, sell and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid; and that the same are free and clear from all former and other grants, bargains, sales, liens, taxes, assessments and encumbrances, of what kind or nature soever; and the above bargained premises, in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns against all and ever person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part thereof, the said party of the first part shall and will Warrant and Forever Defend. In Witness Whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set the hands and seals the day and year above written. John Wardle [SEAL] Martha P. Wardle [SEAL] Sarah Wardle [SEAL] by John Wardle Joseph Wardle, his attourney in fact. [SEAL]
STATE OF ILLINOIS WILL COUNTY – I Stephen Dowse a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, in the State aforesaid, so hereby certify that John Wardle and Martha P. Wardle his wife, Sarah Wardle and Joseph Wardle by John Wardle his attorney in fact who are personally known to me as the same persons whose names are subscribed to the annexed Deed, appeared before me this day in person, and acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered the said instrument of writing as their free and voluntary act, And the said Martha P. Wardle wife of the said John Wardle having been by me examined, separate and apart and out of the hearing of her husband, and the contents and meaning of the said instrument of writing having been by me fully made known and explained to her, and she also by me being fully informed of her rights under the Homestead Laws of this State, acknowledges that she had freely and voluntarily executed the same, and relinquished her dower to the lands and tenements therein mention, and also all her rights and advantages under and by virtue of all laws of this State relating to the exemption of Homesteads, without compulsion of her said husband and that she does not wish to retract the same. Given under my ands and seal this first day of July A.D. 1864 Stephen Dowse JP [SEAL]